Monument record MDO48406 - Possible medieval strip field/ridge and furrow, Cerne Abbas

An area of ridge and furrow cultivation to the southwest of Cerne Abbas is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features are positioned relative to several pronounced curvilinear banked lynchets which might be contemporary and the whole is considered to possibly be an area of former medieval strip field. A further area of possible medieval ridge and furrow is visible to the west on 1940s aerial photographs. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.

An area of ridge and furrow cultivation to the southwest of Cerne Abbas is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery [1, 2, 3]. The features are positioned relative to several pronounced curvilinear banked lynchets which might be contemporary and the whole is considered to possibly be an area of former medieval strip field. A further area of possible medieval ridge and furrow is visible to the west on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project. Some of the features are no longer visible on lidar imagery.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2377 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20883.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 30-MAY-1974, OS 74088 V 213 (Aerial Photograph). SDO20887.

<3> Environment Agency, 16-NOV-2021, LIDAR Environment Agency DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO18034.

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Aug 19 2024 2:41PM